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Hardware NVIDIA Announces the GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Brandon Hill (Blog) - February 2, 2006 4:30 AM
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NVIDIA releases a GPU for those still "limping around" with an AGP-based system

With the proliferation of PCI-E based video cards and motherboards, owners of AGP based systems may feel left out in the cold. We have seen recently that Sapphire feels the pain of these users and has released its AGP based X1600 Pro graphics card.

NVIDIA is also looking out for the little guy with the release of the 7800 GS AGP. The 7800 GS AGP is built on a .11 micron process, features 16 pixel pipelines, six vertex shaders, a core clock of 375MHz and 256MB of RAM running at 1.2GHz.

Here are a few NVIDIA-supplied benchmarks of the new 7800 GS AGP compared to the 6800 GT. The test system features a Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz on an Intel 875 motherboard running Windows XP SP2. There is no word on which driver was used for these test results, however:

Resolution

Settings

Map

Score

Battlefield 2





7800 GS AGP

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Zatar

55.6

6800 GT

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Zatar

49.5

Quake 4





7800 GS AGP

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Demo1

92.1

6800 GT

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Demo1

76.9

Half Life 2 - DoD





7800 GS AGP

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Avalanche

53.0

6800 GT

1600x1200

1x AA, 1x AF

Avalanche

47.3


You will be able to purchase 7800 GS AGP cards from Best Buy brick and mortar stores and Bestbuy.com starting Sunday, February 5th. The card will be available worldwide and from a wide range of e-tailers on Monday, February 6th. Retailers like Best Buy and CompUSA will be carrying 7800 GS AGP cards for around $350 at launch while cards from e-tailers will probably ring in at around $300.

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MSRP
By fbrdphreak on 2/2/2006 8:20:28 AM , Rating: 2
The Inq reported on a guy who bought one off the shelf at CompUSA a couple days ago, retail price is $350.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29411




RE: MSRP
By huggybear102 on 2/2/2006 8:35:14 AM , Rating: 2
I work at best buy and we are selling it for 349.99


RE: MSRP
By Tanclearas on 2/2/2006 8:45:02 AM , Rating: 2
$350 seems like a lot for a card that performs slightly better than a 6800GT and (almost surely) quite a bit below a 7800GT.

It seems even more silly considering it's still possible to get the EVGA 7800GT/SLI motherboard combo for about $400.


RE: MSRP
By firewolfsm on 2/2/2006 9:54:24 AM , Rating: 2
you can find 7800GT cards for under 300, the OCed 445/1070 eVGA one is $290


RE: MSRP
By JBird7986 on 2/2/2006 12:49:28 PM , Rating: 2
On Tigerdirect, you can get the 7800GT AND a PCIe motherboard for $359.


It's nice to have options but...
By niknik on 2/2/2006 5:21:53 AM , Rating: 2
Well, I wonder how many ppl out there are playing at 1600x1200... and if they are, they probably are willing to go PCIex when changing their hardware.

Anyway, I salute the manufacturers for offering such an option for anyone wanting it (I was claiming for an AGP 7800 for quite some time).

However, having a 6800GT, and a 1280x1024 TFT, I doubt I'll ever actually buy this card. At least not until I get a 1600x1200 (or preferably higher) monitor - and then, I'll probably also want a complete new rig with PCIex just like I said.




By maxusa on 2/2/2006 8:11:36 AM , Rating: 2
I have seen indications of 55~78% of AGP install base in operation. Granted, the new systems you buy are mostly all PCIe, but the majority won't switch to PCIe as AGP with 3.0GHz+ processor is still very strong. Besides, the AGP-to-PCIe exchange will necessitate a change of the entire computer as mobo, memory, and CPU socket are likely to be different on the new motherboard. When you consider this hassles and $$$ involved, the existing AGP investments still look very attractive.

The PCIe migration is a good strategic thing, but nVidia and ATI ignored the existing install base. I guess they both tried to establish in the PCIe segment. Now that it's done, they resume AGP. Although I doubt they will pursue top-of-the-line AGP products. In the end, AGP is for midmarket upgraders. Those in the lower end won't upgrade until they replace computers, and those in the higher end will get PCIe.


NVIDIA announces?
By somehack on 2/2/2006 5:28:37 AM , Rating: 2
NVIDIA don't announce this card til 2pm, so the title of this article is incorrect. Surely it should read "Anandtech launches GeForce 7800 GS AGP" ?




RE: NVIDIA announces?
By The Cheeba on 2/2/2006 10:38:27 AM , Rating: 2
Looks like someone is upset that they signed an NDA... Please, have some cheese with that whine for us.

Cheeb.


Is it necesary?
By Powered by AMD on 2/2/2006 5:21:16 AM , Rating: 2
Its nice to see someone is taking care of us, AGP users, but I really dont think this card is gonna be really useful, at least for anyone with a 16 pipes card. We can ran most games at 1600x1200, and get playble frame rates. On the other side, someone looking for a cheap and good for gaming machine can buy a good Socket A mobo, plus a used Barton Mobile and get this card. It can be priceless.
just a suggestion...




By Donegrim on 2/2/2006 6:44:09 AM , Rating: 2
Is this cad not worse than the 6800 ultra




Grid
By Alphafox78 on 2/2/2006 12:18:39 PM , Rating: 2
The grid on this page has more usefull info in it than the entire anandtec article.




Complaints?
By ted61 on 2/5/2006 1:05:41 AM , Rating: 2
Why do some people whine like they have a hidden agenda? I don't see nvidia attached to somehacks name or AP attached to the fox characters name.

I like this site because I can read all of the new articles in a few minutes per day. I always see references to Anandtech and slants against the writers here. I don't care about Andtech or most of the writers here. If you have a reason to complain, spit it out so we can tell what the real beef is.

BTW, when I buck up for a new video card, it is pci-e all the way for my money.




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